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Prev Med2020;132105987.March 1, 2020Journal Article

Online patient-provider cannabis consultations.

Kathleen Gali1, Ruth Narode1, Kelly C Young-Wolff2, Mark L Rubinstein3, Geoffrey Rutledge4, Judith J Prochaska5
1Stanford University, Department of Medicine, Stanford Prevention Research Center, 1265 Welch Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94305, USA.
2Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Division of Research, 2000 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612, USA.
3University of California, San Francisco, Department of Pediatrics, 3333 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA.
4HealthTap, 2465 Latham Street, Mountain View, CA 94040, USA.
5Stanford University, Department of Medicine, Stanford Prevention Research Center, 1265 Welch Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94305, USA. Electronic address: jpro@stanford.edu.

Abstract

Cannabis has been legalized, decriminalized, or medicalized in over half the U.S. states. With restrictions on cannabis research, accepted standards to guide clinical practice are lacking. Analyzing online communications through a digital health platform, we characterized patient questions about cannabis use and provider responses. Coded for content were 4579 questions posted anonymously online be…

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